FIGURES OF SPEECH for 21st century literature

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1. FIGURES OF SPEECH

2. Figures of Speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in a distinctive way

3. Figures of Comparison Simile Metaphor

4. Simile a figurative comparison with the use of as or like

5. Simile Example: Life is like a game. Your lips are red as roses.

6. Metaphor An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something in common.

7. Metaphor Example: Life is a game. Your lips are roses.

8. Figures of Contrast Oxymoron Paradox Irony

9. OXYMORON PARADOX The juxtaposition (placing side by side) of two contrasting words A seemingly self-contradictory statement which can be proven to be true

10. OXYMORON PARADOX Original copy Silent Scream Alone together Deafening Silence I can never manage such a deafening silence. The more you hate, the more you love Less is more Do the thing you think you cannot do The beginning of the end

11. OXYMORON or PARADOX?? If everyone is special, no one is. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. Cruel kindness drew me near and held me close. Leny was on a heavy diet. Gentlemen, you can’t fight here! This is the War Room.

12. OXYMORON or PARADOX?? 6. It is always a love-hate relationship between us. 7. I know one thing, that I know nothing. 8. Less is more. 9. The title of my favorite film is “Waking Dream” 10. This was fancy terrible.

13. If everyone is special, no one is. PARADOX 2. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. PARADOX 3. Cruel kindness drew me near and held me close. OXYMORON 4. Leny was on a heavy diet. OXYMORON 5. Gentlemen, you can’t fight here! This is the War Room. PARADOX

14. 6. It is always a love-hate relationship between us. OXYMORON 7. I know one thing, that I know nothing. PARADOX 8. Less is more. PARADOX 9. The title of my favorite film is “Waking Dream”. OXYMORON 10. This was fancy terrible. OXYMORON

15. IRONY Either verbal or situational irony A statement of one idea, the opposite of which is meant

16. VERBAL IRONY Telling a rude customer, “have a nice day.” Describing someone who says foolish things as ‘genius’ Delivering bad news by saying “The good news is…”

17. Situational Irony A fire station that burns down National winner of a spelling bee contest fails to spell a word Marriage counselor divorcing the third wife

18. Figures of Representation/Reference Metonymy Synecdoche Personification Apostrophe

19. Metonymy A figurative representation of one thing for another

20. Metonymy Crown (King or Queen) We will swear loyalty to the crown .

21. Metonymy Hand (help) Can you give me a hand carrying this bag?

22. Metonymy Heart (love or emotion) You have all my heart .

23. Metonymy The White House (The President/American administration) The White House will make an announcement.

24. Synecdoche A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole.

25. Synecdoche I feed seven mouths (persons) Give us this day our daily bread (food) Let’s take my new wheels out for a ride. (car)

26. Personification giving of personal or human qualities to things that are not humans (inanimate objects)

27. Personification Example: That kitchen knife will take a bite out of your hand if you don’t handle it safely.

28. Personification My alarm yelled at me this morning. The star is winking at me.

29. Apostrophe A direct address to an inanimate object, a dead (as if living), an absent person, or an idea

30. Apostrophe O Death! Where is your sting? Love, thy will be done. Seven, you are my lucky number. Twinkle (2x), little star, how I wonder what you are?

31. Figures of Sound Alliteration Onomatopoeia

32. Alliteration the repetition of the initial letter or sound in a succession of words

33. ALLITERATION Example: 1. She sells seashells by the seashore 2. Pedro Paterno picked a pack of pad paper.

34. Onomatopoeia Use of a word to indicate a sound

35. Onomatopoeia Example: 1. In the field, the birds chirp , cows moo , dogs bark , cats meow , snake hiss .

36. Hyperbole An exaggeration or overstatement for literary effect

37. Hyperbole I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse. The orphaned child cried an ocean of tears. I’m so tired that I could sleep for a week.